1501 – Girolamo Cardano, Italian mathematician and astrologer (Ars Magna-1545), born in Pavia, Italy (d. 1576)
1583 – Albrecht von Wallenstein, Bohemian-German general and statesman (Thirty Years’ War), born in Heřmanice, Kingdom of Bohemia in the Holy Roman Empire (d. 1634)
1801 – Mikhail Ostrogradsky, Russian physicist and mathematician, born in Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire (d. 1862)
1829 – Charles S. West, American jurist and politician, born in Camden, South Carolina (d. 1885)
1943 – Lee Aaker, American actor (Rusty-Rin Tin Tin), born in Los Angeles, California
1948 – Bernadette Hingley, British priest, one of the 1st women to be ordained in England, born in Sowerby Bridge, England (d. 1995)
1966 – Paul Michael Valley, American actor (Ryan Harrison-Another World), born in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin
1969 – Lisa Matthews, American Playboy model (Apr, 1990, Playmate of the Year 1991), born in Peoria, Illinois
1976 – Stephanie McMahon-Levesque, American professional wrestler (WWE), born in Hartford, Connecticut
1982 – Jeff Karstens, American baseball player, born in San Diego, California